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Show Federal Census Figures Compare Withl930 Data There was an increase of 52 farms and ranches in Beaver county between April 1, 1930, and January 1, 1935, according to a preliminary tabulation of returns of the census of agriculture which began January 2, 1935, released this week by Director William L. Austin, Bureau of the Census, Department De-partment of Commerce. The number of farms and ranches was 447 in 1935 as compared com-pared with 395 in 1930. The average ave-rage size was 112.1 acres in 1935 and 169.8 acres in 1930. The average value of land and buildings build-ings was $3,664 in 1935 and $7,837 in 1930. There were on farms and ranches 9,546 cattle on January 1, 1935, as compared with 9,101 cattle cat-tle on April 1, 1930. On January 1, 1935, there were on farms and ranches 1,440 horses and colts, 61,030 sheep and lambs and 1,177 hogs and pigs 'slightly more horses, hogs and pigs and about two and a half times as many sheep and lambs as five years ago. Land from which crops were harvested was 10,385 acres in 1934 as compared with 18,834 acres in 1929. The acreage and quantity of the selected crops harvested har-vested in 1934 were: all hay and sorghums for forage, 8,751 acres and 13,854 tons; wheat threshed, 364 acres and 9,118 busllels; oats threshed, 313 acres and 9,476 bushels; corn for grain, 221 acres and 6,089 bushels; and barley threshed, 187 acres and 6,225 bushels. The corn harvested in 1934 amounted to about half again mora than in 1929, but for all other crops the yield of selected crops was barely half or less the yields of 1929, due, no doubt, to the drouth of last year, which cut heavily into production in all parts of the county except the pumping district. These figures for 1935 are for selected items only and are subject sub-ject to correction. Final figures by counties are to be presented in a state bulletin for Utah. |